The whole notion of 'not-for-profit' corporations needs to be abolished. As far as I am concerned if an organization wants to call itself not-for-profit then every single individual involved in it, from the bottom right to the board of executives should be working on a volunteer basis.

Not cut & dried. Looks like the Boards are paying themselves a century in the future while the laborers are being paid a century behind.

some folks are comfortable with volunteerism for its own sake. In my case, working free at such a place gave me the confidence to find a paid job which lasted almost 3 years, thus I saved the State some money, unlike others who never work

Up here in Canada, the NGO's (non-govermental organizations) are not bound by to the regulations that revenue businesses are, and they know it and get away with stuff that would draw sanctions or litigation with the latter

I know restaurants get them because the salary is augmented with tips and food. and it is possible that tax exempts could qualify as they are training people with disabilities but 22 cents sound ridiculous.

" In very simple terms, if the worker with a disability is 60% as productive when performing a particular job as is the experienced worker who does not have a disability performing the exact same job, the commensurate wage for that worker with a disability would be at least 60% of the prevailing wage (the wage rate paid to the experienced worker who does not have a disability). this percentage is not figured at entry level pay but the wage the experienced worker makes after their first pay raise; and it could not possibly be 22 cents.

You should be volunteering to work at goodwill and not accepting money, working at goodwill is a community service you volunteer for when you cant find a job and you want to do something to help others that are less fortunate than you........

They can always quit and get a job somewhere else if they don't like where they work, that is our right. You don't like your boss, quit you're bit chin' and leave....it's people that accept that wage that are supporting that ideal, not the guy paying it.

Who said I didn't care? Goodwill doesn't seem to care too much, but that's their right. You can't force people to pay more than they want. Luckily, this is not a government controlled economy like some people want it to be. There are plenty of other jobs out there who I'm sure will pay more than 22¢ Just go somewhere else!

Minimum wage hurts workers. It simply encourages bosses to hire less people because they can't afford their wages. We should abolish it. I don't even know why people care about 'child labor'. Heck, I could've used a job early on anyways; everyone could've. I would've had no problem sweeping the grocery stores at 13. Working is not immoral. Working is life.

Resulting to insulting does not constitute to being right. It only constitutes to being childish. This is a debate, not let's see who can call each other 'stupid' the most. You may think I'm 'stupid' only because you're not thinking things fully through.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. -Winston Churchill

13 year-olds should be in school, not working. Child Labor laws exist for a reason. They can babysit, do chores or work for friends, family members if they need spending money. Life for poor children, both rural and urban was a living hell before child labor laws, let's not turn back the clock.

You do realize you can work and go to school at the same time right? Most people don't get paid to do their choirs; it's just a responsibility. I see absolutely nothing wrong with young ones working. No one can really name any reason why not. If I could've worked at a young age, I would have done it. It's always a good idea to be saving up on money!